Hat-packing ring



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEE T. I-IALLOOK, OF ORANGE VALLEY, NEW JERSEY,

HAT-PACKING RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,727, dated May 23, 1899i I Application tied october 12,1898. Seriana. 693,356. (Nomades i To @ZL whom, it may concern,.-

Be itknown that I, LEE T. HALLOCK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Orange Valley, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Packing Rings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hat-packing rings, and particularly to that class known as scoped rings, which are particularly adapted for packing and shipping stiff hats.

It is the object of my invention to produce a scoped hat-packing ring which will readily conform itself to the varying scopes of hatbrims and engage the same uniformly throughout in a manner to positively prevent any abrasion or marking of the hat by packing or shipment.

It is further an essential and important object of said invention to so construct it as to permit of the same being manufactured cheaply from pasteboard by automatic machinery, thus insuring a practical and desirable article. i

With the above objects in View my invention resides and consists in the novel construction shown upon the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and upon which similar characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several iigures, and of which- Figure lshows a perspective view of a stiff hat provided, as in shipment, with a ring and stay of myimproved character. Fig. 2 shows, on a reduced scale, an open view of my improved ring. Figl 3 is an enlarged vertical cross-section on line 3 3 of Fig. l. Figs. 4 and 5 show perspective and sectional views of modified forms of my invention.

Referring to the characters of reference marked upon the drawings, A represents a hat, B a stay, and C a ring. The rings and stays in this class of merchandise usually differ principally in that the stays are deeper than the rings and in that both edges of the rings are preferably reinforced, While only the top edges of the stays are so produced.

While reinforcement of the edges of a ring of my present construction is not absolutely essential, yet I desire to employ a ring of that character, and as a means o f such reinforcement preferably utilize a construction wherein the edges have been turned or doubled over flat against the body and said doubled edge turned backward or spread out to give a broad bearing-surface, which construction is shown in my former patent, No. 603,444, of May 3, 1898.

` Rings of the above class are usuallyformed of special strips of pasteboard by uniting their free ends with glue, eyelets, or similar means. I therefore take a strip of pasteboard of the above or like character and by a series of operations thereon alternately thicken and laterally contract the respective edges in a manner to transform them from straight to concave and convex surfaces, which when the ends of the strips are prop- -erly united, as atD in Fig. l, producea ring and vlikewise provide a more desirable bearing-surface than can be had in any other manner. These corrugations are preferably divided into series and are alternately arranged in the opposite edges of the strip, so that when the latter is united a series of corrugations appear on the top edge of each side and the end edge of both front and rear of said ring. Said corrugations may partially or entirely traverse the face of the strip, but produce the best results when of a tapering construction, as shown in Fig. -'that is to say, one end vbeing very pronounced, while the opposite end may vanish at the outer edge'or at any intermediate point. It will be further noted that the corrugations not only produce a scope as desired, but insure flexibility and elasticity to the ring, whereby the` same can be made to snugly engage the hatcrown, as well as its brim, and also permit of one-sized ring being employed on several roo sizes of hats. The central corrugations of each of the series are preferably the largest and, as shown in Fig. 2, gradually grow smaller on either side and eventually run to nothing, whereupon they again appear upon the opposite edge and grow deeper toward the middle of that series.

I do not limit myself to a ring formed of a number of Series of corrugations, since it is perfectly practicable to produce a ring of one continuous series, as shown in the ring C, Fig. l, and by forming tapering corrugations of varying depths the same object can be accomplished as with a ring made in accordance with the drawing, Fig. 2, or by slightly inclining the corrugations at certain points of the ring it will likewise produce a scopef as desired. It will further be obvious that it is not necessary to limit the invention to corrugations of any kind, since the respective edges may be alternately contracted and thickened by other forms of operationsnamely, that of rolling, as illustrated in Fig. 4, wherein the alternate edges are flattened and the stock spread or bulged out on the opposite sides. This is thought to be practicable by using thick stock, which is particularly sensitive to this form of operation. My object may also be accomplished by a series of slitting operations, as shown in Fig. 5, wherein the stock may simply be provided with an alternate series of plain or wedgeshaped slits, after which the edges of the ring may be drawn together and bound, as shown, or otherwise finished to provide a smooth bearing-surface.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As a new article of manufacture, a hatpacking ring having alternately thickened l and laterally* contracted upper and lower edges, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a hatpacking ring the opposite edges of which are alternately and laterally contracted by a series of operations, substantially as described.

3. A hat-packing ring or stay formed of pasteboard or like material, and provided with one or more series of tapering vertical corrugations, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. i

4. A hat-packing ring or stay formed of pasteboard or similar material and having a series of substantially vertical corrugations, as, and for the purpose specified.

5. A hat-packing ring or stay of the class described, the same comprising one or more series of substantially Vertical corrugations, alternately arranged in opposite edges thereof.

G. A hat-packing rin g of the class specified, the same comprising a series of vertical corrugations adjacent to the top edge of each side of said ring, substantially as described.

7. Ahat-packingring of the class described, the same comprising a series of corrugations in one edge of each side and a similar series on the opposite edge at the front and rear of said ring.

8. As a new article of manufacture a pasteboard hat-packing ring having a suitable rib on its upper and lower edges, and one or more corrugations traversing said ring, substantially as described.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, this 6th day 4ot' October, A. D. 1898.

LEE T. HALLOCK.

Witnesses:

C. M. NEWMAN, EDWARD K. NICHOLSON. 

